1 August 2010Jurisdiction reportsPaul Sutton

Business method patents remain alive after Bilski

The court, in three divided but oddly in agreement opinions, unanimously ruled that Bilski’s claimed method covering the hedging of risks in commodities trading was not patentable. The reason? The court found that the Bilski claimed method was directed to an “abstract idea”.

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